Hummingbird Bookends

[RangerJay]

A Hummingbird project has been on my to-do list for a quite a while. 

Had originally thought of a wall hanging but after doing a set of golfing bookends a while back using this same burl I thought I would try it again. 

These will be donated to the Hospice that cared for our mother in her last weeks.  As a family we have wanted to tangibly thank this marvelous facility and its staff and volunteers for their incredible  service - and hopefully contribute to their fundraising efforts.

Their logo is a Hummingbird.  After looking at literally hundreds of images of Hummingbirds - photographs, artwork, line drawings and existing patterns - we ended up with a shortlist of about 1/2 dozen to choose from - but this simple pattern from Sue Mey was one that kept bubbling to the surface - seemed very representative of a lady who lived a quiet, humble life with a lot of elegant grace.

The main wood species are African Padauk, Panama Rosewood and Australian Red Mali Burl.  The accents are Walnut.  The finish is polyurethane buffed out to a semi-gloss finish with 0000 steel wool and wax.  The area immediately around each hummingbird was further buffed to a high gloss with polishing compound. 

Comments welcome.

 

Jay

 

[WayneG]

Stunning!

[New Guy]

All I can say is  - WOW

[Scrappile]

Absolutely works of art.  Beautiful!

[Sycamore67]

Excellent work and desigh

[penquin]

I am in awe of the beauty of this piece.  They are outstanding.  Thanks for sharing the details that went into creating them.  What a wonderful way to say thank you to these folks who helped you out.

jim  penquin

[DWSUDEKUM]

Awesomely done.  Love them.  Thanks for sharing your talent with us.

 

DW

[RangerJay]

Thanks folks - I really appreciate your kind words.

 

Jay

[meflick]

What a beautiful project and wonderful tribute in loving memory of your beloved mother and touching tribute and thanks  to the hospice care. I am sure it will be a great hit and hopefully brings in good money for them.

[wombatie]

What an awesome project.  Fabulous work.

Marg

[daveww1]

fantastic job

[newfie]

Those look great thanks for sharing 

[Phantom Scroller]

Wow looks like marble, great job. Roly

[Dave Monk]

That came out simply beautiful. Love it.

[Scrappile]

I have to keep returning for another look.  Awesome.

[GPscroller]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeff

[Scrappile]

Back again,,, WOW!

[amazingkevin]

On 10/14/2017 at 10:51 AM, RangerJay said:

A Hummingbird project has been on my to-do list for a quite a while. 

Had originally thought of a wall hanging but after doing a set of golfing bookends a while back using this same burl I thought I would try it again. 

These will be donated to the Hospice that cared for our mother in her last weeks.  As a family we have wanted to tangibly thank this marvelous facility and its staff and volunteers for their incredible  service - and hopefully contribute to their fundraising efforts.

Their logo is a Hummingbird.  After looking at literally hundreds of images of Hummingbirds - photographs, artwork, line drawings and existing patterns - we ended up with a shortlist of about 1/2 dozen to choose from - but this simple pattern from Sue Mey was one that kept bubbling to the surface - seemed very representative of a lady who lived a quiet, humble life with a lot of elegant grace.

The main wood species are African Padauk, Panama Rosewood and Australian Red Mali Burl.  The accents are Walnut.  The finish is polyurethane buffed out to a semi-gloss finish with 0000 steel wool and wax.  The area immediately around each hummingbird was further buffed to a high gloss with polishing compound. 

Comments welcome.

 

Jay

 

Kind of takes your breath away!